Month: March 2019

Nine injured in communal clash in Ahmedabad district

Ahmedabad, Mar 31: Nine persons were injured, two of them seriously, when members of two communities clashed near Viramgam town in Ahmedabad district Sunday, police said. The two groups attacked each other with sticks and pelted stones, a local police official said. A police team too came under attack […]

Lok Sabha polls a formality to re-elect PM Modi: BJP

Imphal, Mar 31: The BJP on Sunday asserted that the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is just a “formality” to re-elect Narendra Modi as the prime minister. The parliamentary election, beginning April 11, will be all about Modi’s performance, leadership and how he wants to take India to the […]

Pak Army chief to brief parliamentarians on ‘hostile situation’ at LoC

Islamabad, Mar 31: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa will brief the parliamentarians next week on “hostile situation at the Line of Control” in the aftermath of recent tension with India, media reports said on Sunday. The briefing, to be held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi […]

Rahul asks JDS& Congress to strive unitedly to defeat Modi

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Congress President Rahul Gandhi Sunday asked leaders and workers of the Congress-JDS alliance in Karnataka to strive unitedly to defeat the Modi government in the Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi’s comments come amid reports of deep resentment in several constituencies among local leaders and workers of the […]

Trump says trade talks with China going ‘very well’

President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations to end a bruising tariffs battle with Beijing are going “very well,” but reiterated that he will only accept a “great deal.” US and Chinese negotiators are working to find a binding agreement to address Trump’s complaints about years of unfair […]

Apple pulls plug on AirPower wireless charging mat

Apple confirmed on Friday that it will not deliver on its promise of helping usher in a wireless future with an AirPower mat for charging its devices. The project announced in late 2017 proved to be an engineering challenge, Apple senior vice president of hardware engineering Dan Riccio […]

Pope visits Morocco to boost dialogue, meet migrants

Pope Francis arrives in Morocco on Saturday for a visit which will see him meet Muslim leaders and migrants ahead of a mass with the country’s minority Catholic community. The spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics was invited by King Mohammed VI as part of the […]

Hong Kong’s China extradition plan sparks alarm

Hong Kong’s plans to approve extraditions to the mainland have sparked alarm within the city’s business and legal communities who fear it will hammer the financial hub’s international appeal and tangle people up in China’s opaque courts. The proposal, which will be debated in Hong Kong’s legislature on […]

Facebook to tighten live stream access after mosque attacks

Facebook on Friday said it is tightening live video streaming rules in response to the service being used to broadcast deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand. The Christchurch attacks — carried out by a self-avowed white supremacist who opened fire on worshippers at two mosques — claimed […]

First woman to win ‘Afghan Star’ TV show to fight Taliban with music

The first woman to win the Afghan version of American Idol says she will fight the Taliban with her music, embracing a victory rich in symbolism as her country faces an uncertain future. Zahra Elham won the 14th edition of Afghan Star last week, after male contestants took […]

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